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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • C07F—ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
  • C07F9/00—Compounds containing elements of Groups 5 or 15 of the Periodic Table
  • C07F9/02—Phosphorus compounds
  • C07F9/06—Phosphorus compounds without P—C bonds
  • C07F9/08—Esters of oxyacids of phosphorus
  • C07F9/09—Esters of phosphoric acids
  • C07F9/10—Phosphatides, e.g. lecithin
  • C07F9/103—Extraction or purification by physical or chemical treatment of natural phosphatides; Preparation of compositions containing phosphatides of unknown structure
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23J—PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS
  • A23J7/00—Phosphatide compositions for foodstuffs, e.g. lecithin

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• the present invention is related to a new process for the separation of oil and/or phosphatidylethanolamine from alcohol soluble phosphatidylcholine products containing the same, thus producing a highly purified phosphatidylcholine, by chromatographic adsorption on silicic acid gel.
• the crude phosphatides from plant origin recovered in the production of edible oil besides phosphatidylcholine contain phosphatidylethanolamine and mono-, di- and triglycerides (hereinafter referred to as oils) as well as phosphatidylinosite and other phosphorus containing glycerol esters and products such as peptides, amino acids, sterines, sterineesters, free fatty acids and hydrocarbon derivatives.
• oils phosphatidylethanolamine and mono-, di- and triglycerides
• phosphatidylinosite and other phosphorus containing glycerol esters and products such as peptides, amino acids, sterines, sterineesters, free fatty acids and hydrocarbon derivatives.
• oils phosphatidylinosite and other phosphorus containing glycerol esters and products
• phosphatidylinosite and other phosphorus containing glycerol esters and products such as
• the crude phosphatide of plant origin at first is treated with acetone to be deoiled (U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,031,478 and 3,268,335) and then in a second step extracted with ethanol (U.S. Pat. No. 2,724,649).
• the phosphatide fraction soluble in ethanol is subjected to adsorption chromatography at temperatures not exceeding 35° C. (U.S. Pat. No. 3,031,478).
• acetone small amounts of undesired acetone derivatives such as mesityloxide, diacetone alcohol, phorone and others are formed.
• 06/269,805 allows separation of the oil by the addition of small amounts of water to obtain a highly purified oil-free phosphatidylcholine.
• this aqueous oil removal which is suitable for the production of certain phosphatide fractions, represents a threestep process (extraction, chromatography, oil-removal) in the production of an oil-free phosphatidylcholine.
• a further disadvantage is the removal of water from the ethanol solvent.
• Phosphatidylcholine crude products as they are in trade, and particular from soybeans represent products which have been obtained by extraction with alcohol and which are soluble in alcohol and contain as main by-product oil and phosphatidylethanolamine.
• phosphatidylcholine crude products which as described contain only one or the other of these two main by-products. It is an object of the present invention to provide a technical process for the separation of oils and/or phosphatidylethanolamine from alcohol soluble phosphatidylcholine crude products containing the same and to produce a highly purified phosphatidylcholine substantially free of these side products.
• the process of the present invention for the separation of oils and/or phosphatidylethanolamine from such alcohol soluble phosphatidylcholine crude products with the formation of highly purified phosphatidylcholine free of oils and phosphatidylethanolamine is characterized in that the solution of an alcohol soluble phosphatidylcholine containing oils and/or phosphatidylethanolamine in a lower alkanol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a mixture of several such alkanols, possibly admixed with up to 20% by volume of water, at a temperature ranging from 40° to 90° C.
• the column is eluated at this temperature with a lower alkanol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a mixture of several such lower alkanols, possibly containing up to 20% by volume of water, the collected preeluant containing the oil and/or phosphatidylethanolamine is separated and, separately herefrom, the main eluant containing the pure phosphatidylcholine is collected and the solvent is separated in usual manners from the main eluant.
• a lower alkanol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a mixture of several such lower alkanols, possibly containing up to 20% by volume of water
• the collected preeluant containing the oil and/or phosphatidylethanolamine is separated and, separately herefrom, the main eluant containing the pure phosphatidylcholine is collected and the solvent is separated in usual manners from the main eluant.
• the solvent is put to the silicic acid gel column and this column is eluated at a temperature ranging from 60° to 90° C., most preferably from 60° to 70° C.
• the used solvent is applied also as eluant making the present process particularly simple.
• the preferred lower alkanol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms is ethanol.
• the amount of preeluant depends upon the phosphatidylcholine starting product. It may be simply determined by known analytical methods from which time of eluation the eluate is free of the by-products to be separated and practically only contains phosphatidylcholine. According to general experience with various phosphatidylcholine products and the application of the present process, the preeluate is about 20 to 25% of the total volume of the eluate. Depending upon the phosphatidylcholine starting product, the preeluate further contains the other usually present by-products such as sterines, sterine derivatives, glycolipids and phospholipids. They can be further used in known manners.
• the silicic acid gels are known products, useful in chromatography, and have varying grain size. They furthermore can be pressed silicic acid gel. Such silicic acid gel products may be activated or deactivated. Most preferred are neutral silicic acid gel products.
• the process according to the present invention may be carried out at normal pressure or at higher pressures. It is a particular advantage of the process of the present invention that the silicic acid gel may repeatedly be used. All impurities are contained in the preeluate. After collection of the main eluate there is only adsorbed a small amount of phosphatidylcholine.
• a further advantage of silicic acid gel used in the present process is the high amounts which can be adsorbed.
• carrying out the present process with 100 parts by weight of silicic acid gel about 60 parts by weight of solid material may be separated from the alcohol soluble phosphatide fraction.
• the phosphatidylcholine starting products may be obtained by extraction with alcohol from for instance soybeans, peanuts, sun-flowers or rape.
• the phosphatide is dissolved with a lower aliphatic alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol or sec. propanol, in particular with 94 to 96% by volume of ethanol.
• Sedimented products are separated in usual manners and the clear alcohol solution or a concentrate thereof is used in the process according to the present invention.
• the solvent used for extraction may be removed completely and the resulting solid product may be again dissolved in one or several lower alcohols containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and possibly containing up to 20% by volume of water.
• the phosphatides are analysed by thin layer chromatography.
• the oil content is equal the products which may be dialysed.
• the water content is determined according to Kark Fischer and the ethanol content is determined by gas chromatography.
• the column is combined with a heat exchanger in order to guarantee equal column temperature and starting temperature.
• the column is prepared from a slurry of 200 g. of silicic acid gel (Merck, Darmstadt/Germany) in the applied solvent.
• the silicic acid gel may be reused after used in the present process.
• Crude soybean phosphatide is extracted at 35° C. with 95% ethanol using 1 part by weight of crude phosphatide to 2.5 parts by weight of ethanol.
• the sedimented solid material is separated at room temperature from the supernatant ethanol phase.
• This solid material was used in the following Examples 1 to 4 as starting material.
• Example 5 The starting material used in Example 5 was prepared as follows:
• the phosphatidylcholine product containing oils, but free of phosphatidylethanolamine used in Example 6 has been prepared in accordance to Example 3 of German Offenlegungsschrift 2 718 797 and showed the following analysis:
• n-Propanol was first used for a preeluate of 1 l. Thereafter 85% aqueous n-propanol was used to collect 3 l. of eluate. The temperature of the column was 90° C.

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